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WORKERS have accused the government of having “washed their hands” of thousands of people who lost their jobs after the collapse of Carillion.
Unite the Union has demanded a “root-and-branch reform” of company law after workers faced redundancy when the engineering giant fell in January 2018.
The union is currently taking forward approximately 220 cases of involving the company’s former workers to employment tribunals.
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors